14 Sights in Monza, Italy (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Monza, Italy! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Monza. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Monza1. Cappella di Teodolinda
The chapel of Teodolinda, also known as the Zavattari chapel, is located in the Cathedral of Monza, to the left of the central apse. In a special case in the altar, the Iron Crown and the tomb of the Lombard queen are preserved.
2. Monza Cathedral
The Duomo of Monza, often known in English as Monza Cathedral, is the main religious building of Monza, Italy. Unlike most duomi, it is not in fact a cathedral, as Monza has always been part of the Diocese of Milan, but is in the charge of an archpriest who has the right to certain episcopal vestments including the mitre and the ring. The church is also known as the Basilica of San Giovanni Battista from its dedication to John the Baptist.
3. Chiesa di Santa Maria al Carrobiolo
The church of Santa Maria al Carrobiolo is located in Monza, in Piazza Carrobiolo 8. It was built in the sixteenth century as a church annexed to the adjacent convent of the Barnabites, which still exists, and preserves remarkable works of the Mannerist era and a valuable fresco decoration in Baroque style.
4. Chiesa di San Giuseppe
The church of San Giuseppe is a Catholic place of worship located in Monza, in the district of the same name, in via Guerrazzi 30. It has a pluribus, i.e. one floor below the church, the church and a large courtyard.
5. Chiesa di Sant'Anastasia
The church of Sant'Anastasia is the main Catholic place of worship in Villasanta, in the province of Monza and Brianza, seat of the parish of the same name of the archdiocese of Milan, part of the deanery of Monza, which follows the Roman rite, in the pastoral zone V of Monza.
6. Chiesa di San Gregorio
The church of San Gregorio is a religious building in the city of Monza, the last testimony of the homonymous and ancient city cemetery, in operation until 1930. It is located in an area outside the historic city centre, with respect to which it is located to the south-east, in a bend of the Lambro river. The building is now located not far from Monza station (1840) and near the old stadium in Via Davide Guarenti (1945-1946), built right on part of the old cemetery area.
7. Museo Mulino Colombo
The Colombo Mill on the Lambro river is a monument of industrial archaeology, which has arrived intact and complete in its original environment in the center of Monza. The building is located in vicolo Scuole 11.
8. Chiesa di Sancto Gerhardo
The church of Sancto Gerhardo is a religious building in Monza, Italy, annexed to the old Umberto I Hospital of San Gerardo. The parish church, designed together with the hospital itself by the architect Ercole Balossi-Merlo, was built in 1894 and inaugurated in 1896. It is dedicated to San Gerardo, known as dei Tintori, co-patron saint of Monza.
9. Monumento a Giuseppe Garibaldi
The bronze monument, dedicated to Giuseppe Garibaldi, is located in the center of the Royal Groves. This monument was created to replace the original marble which boasts the distinction of being the first Italian monument to Garibaldi.
10. Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena e Santa Teresa
The church of Santa Maria Maddalena and Santa Teresa d'Avila, also known as the church of the Sacramentine, is located in the center of the city of Monza, in Via Italia on the corner with Via Santa Maddalena.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena e Santa Teresa (IT)
11. Cappella Espiatoria
The Expiatory Chapel in Monza is a monument-chapel built to atone and commemorate the site at which the king Umberto I of Italy was murdered on July 29, 1900, by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci. It stands near the entrance to the Royal Villa of Monza on Viale Regina Margherita and Via Matteo da Campione. Umberto's son Vittorio Emanuele III commissioned the aged architect Giuseppe Sacconi, and the work was completed by his pupil Guido Cirilli in 1910. Obelisk-like crosses emerge from a stone chapel, and are surmounted by bronze crown and royal symbols of the House of Savoy. The entrance is surmounted by a Pietà by the sculptor Lodovico Pogliaghi.
12. Villa Castello del Torneamento
The Villa Torneamento is a historical building in Monza, northern Italy, in the Taccona Street, in the northern suburbs of the city, in the district of San Fruttuoso. It is 400 metres (1,300 ft) from the residential district of Triante. Known as The Castle by residents, it is used by the Daughters of Divine Zeal for a nursery school and primary school called Padre Annibale di Francia.
13. Arengario
The Arengario is a historic building in Monza, northern Italy. It was built in the 13th century and is named after its original function as the town's "arengario". It is located in the most central square of Monza, Piazza Roma.
14. Roseto Niso Fumagalli
Niso Fumagalli Rose Garden, in Italian: Roseto Niso Fumagalli, is a public garden in Monza, Italy, located within the complex of the Palace of Monza, in front of the Orangerie. The garden was established in 1964. Over 4000 varieties of roses are grown there, many of them gifts from countries around the world. On 21 May 2004, on the occasion of the 40th edition of the International Competitions for New Roses in Monza, the Monza Rose Garden was awarded by the then Vice President for Europe of the World Federation of Rose Societies, Maurice Jay, of the highly coveted "Award of Garden Excellence". The rose garden also has an experimental section where new varieties of roses are tested for their suitability for public and private gardens in Italy.
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